Chittagong, Dec 8 – A housewife has been strangulated to death reportedly by her laws at Dakkhin Jiri village in Patiya upazila.
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Two busses catch fire in capital city
Dhaka, Dec 7 – Two passenger buses, including a double-decker BRTC bus, caught fire in the city’s Karwan Bazar and Kurmitola areas on Saturday.
One killed, 15 hurt in mid-Meghna launch collision
Dhaka, Dec 7 – A man was killed and 15 others were injured when two passenger launches collided on the Meghna River in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj in the early hours of Saturday.
Abandoned baby giraffe befriended by dog in Africa dies
Johannesburg, Dec 7 – A baby giraffe that was befriended by a dog after it was abandoned in the wild has died, a South African animal orphanage said Friday. “Our team is heartbroken,” the orphanage said.
Lure of good job leads some BD migrants to hell in Algeria
Dhaka, Dec 7 – When they left the country for Algeria a few months back with dreams of changing their fate, they all were ecstatic. Now they feel trapped and are living in inhuman conditions in the North African country.
A girl found dead in the capital might be a rape victim
Dhaka, Dec 6 – A girl, found dead on Wednesday night in a lane on the Circular Road in Malibagh area of Dhaka might have been raped before being killed, said a forensic doctor after an autopsy on Friday. Sohel…
3 killed in Tangail as microbus hits covered van from behind
Dhaka, Dec 6- Three people, including two women, were killed and two others injured when a microbus hit a covered van at Golchattar in Bhuapur upazila on Friday morning.
6 injured in Cattagong gas cylinder blast
Chittagong, Dec 6 – Six people suffered burn injuries in a gas cylinder explosion near a shipbreaking yard at Saltgola intersection in the city on Thursday night.
Chanel celebrates its artisans in glimmering Paris show
Paris, December 05, AP/UNB – Chanel brought its itinerant off-season fashion show the “arts and crafts,” with its swath of VIPs including Penelope Cruz and Marion Cotillard, back to home ground in Paris on Wednesday to mark its first collection…
Two suspected criminals killed in reported Lazmupur gunfight
Dhaka, Dec 05 – Two suspected criminals were killed in a reported gunfight between two groups of ‘criminals’ at Baralia Bakultala in Laxmipur Sadar Upazila early Thursday.
ACC clears charges against ex-CJ SK Sinha in graft case
Dhaka, Dec 4 – The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) on Wednesday approved a chargesheet against 11 people, including former Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha, in a case filed for reportedly misappropriating Tk 4 crore.
No hike in bulk power tariff, no hike in retail, agree BERB, TEC
Berc concludes four-day public hearing Dhaka, December 03, 2019 – Both Bangladesh Rural Electrification Board (BERB) and the technical evaluation committee (TEC) of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (Berc) are of the same opinion that if the bulk supply tariff is…
Russian scientists present ancient puppy found in permafrost
Yakutsk, Russia, December 02, 2019 (AP/UNB) – Russian scientists on Monday showed off a prehistoric puppy, believed to be 18,000 years old, found in permafrost in the country’s the Far East.
Have to fix sociial sickness created in 29 years of rule: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said the government will continue its drive against corruption, terrorism, militancy and drugs to eliminate these social menaces from the country as those are the results of 29 years of Zia, Ershad and Khaleda’s misrule.
Launch attacked in Patuakhali to continue strike; 3 injured
Patuakhali, Dec 1 – Three staff of a launch were injured after water transport workers, who decided to continue their strike, attacked the vessel when it reached Patuakhali from Dhaka on Sunday morning.
Climate activists invade east German coal mines in protest
LEIPZIG, GERMANY, DECEMBER 01, 2019 (AP/UNB) – Climate activists protested at open-pit coal mines in eastern Germany, pouring onto the premises to urge the government to immediately halt the use of coal to produce electricity.
Probe allegation of anomalies in EC recruitment: BNP
Dhaka, Nov 30 – BNP on Saturday night demanded an investigation into the allegation of anomalies in appointing workforce to the Election Commission.
Asthma patients keep indoors: Dhaka 4th worst in Air Quality
Dhaka, Nov 30 – Bangladesh’s capital city ranked the fourth worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Saturday morning. Dhaka had a score of 192 at 8am, which means the air quality was ‘unhealthy’.
More than one year’s budget money siphoned off in 10yrs: CPB
President of Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) Mujahidul Islam Selim here on Thursday claimed that money more than the total amount of a national budget was siphoned off from the country in the last 10 years.
Yazidi still hears brothers before IS kills them in Iraq
DHAKA, NOVEMBER 27, 2019 – A survivor of the mass slaughter of the Yazidi minority in Iraq five years ago told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that he still hears his brothers and nephews calling his name before they…
CSOs expect effective Bangladesh govt role in COP25
Dhaka, Nov 26 – Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) on climate advocacy networks on Tuesday sought an effective role of the government in the upcoming the United Nations Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP) scheduled to be held in Madrid of…
Bangladeshi female worker Hosna rescued in Saudi Arabia
Dhaka, Nov 26 – After Sumi Akhter, another Bangladeshi female worker, Hosna Akhter, has been rescued in Saudi Arabia after a video sent to her husband describing physical and mental torture inflicted on her by her employer has gone viral.
Five lessons for journalism in the age of rage
by Karin Pettersson on 25th November 2019 @AB_Karin For Karin Pettersson, journalism has never been more challenging—and never more important. The news-media industry has long lamented about how the digital revolution has broken its business models. Today, a majority of…
3 JMB militant outfit men to die for murder in C’Nawabganj
Dhaka, Nov 25 – A court here on Monday sentenced three members of banned militant outfit Jama’atulMujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) to death and four others to life term imprisonment for killing a man in 2012. The condemned convicts are—Sanwar Hossain, Jahangir…
25 Rohingyas rescued from clutch of traffickers in Maheshkhali
COX’S BAZAR- NOVEMBER 25, 2019 – Police on Sunday rescued 25 Rohingyas from Sonadia Magchar area of Maheshkhali Upazila.
Sumatran rhino is extinct in Malaysia as lone survivor dies
KUALA LUMPUR- NOVEMBER 25, 2019, AP/UNB – The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.
Dhaka again ranks very unhealthy worst Air Quality Index
Dhaka, Nov 25 – Bangladesh’s capital city was ranked the very unhealthy worst in Air Quality Index (AQI) on Monday morning.
Over 50 injured in Chandpur orphanage floor collapse
Chandpur, Nov 24 – Around 50 students and a teacher were injured as the dilapidated floor of an orphanage caved in along with them in Matlab Uttar Upazila on Saturday night.
BD Supreme Court asks GP: Pay Tk 2000 crore to BTRC in 3 months
Dhaka, Nov 24 – The BD Supreme Court on Sunday asked mobile phone operator Grameenphone to pay within three months Tk 2,000 crore of the Tk 12,579.95 crore dues as claimed by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC).
2 dead, 20 hurt in Manikganj bus-truck collision
Dhaka, Nov 24 – Two people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck at Pukhuria in Ghior Upazila early Sunday.